Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information

Introduction to ArcGIS Online

"ArcGIS Online is an online, collaborative web GIS that allows you to use, create, and share maps, scenes, apps, layers, analytics, and data." ArcGIS Online enables users to access geospatial layers from worldwide locations, create new content, and connect layers across the ArcGIS platform. In addition to web maps, applications are able to be created from configurable templates for enhanced user experience.

ArcGIS Online Key Terminology

"In ArcGIS Online, a Web based, interactive map that allows you to display and query the layers on the map. A Web map contains one or more ArcGIS Server map services that are referenced to ArcGIS Online."